5X The Cash#1538
District of Columbia· Launched Feb 2023· 1363 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.50
USA percentile
3th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
1
$1,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
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5X The Cash is a $1 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia lottery (game #1538). It launched in February 2023. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $1,000 remains unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.97. Our models put its expected value at 0.50 per dollar, returning about $0.50 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 14 of 17 $1 games on sale in District of Columbia.
THE THESIS
At 0.50 EV/$, this game ranks 14 of 17 same-price games on sale in District of Columbia (median 0.58).
- 1.14% of $1,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 3rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $26,651 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,159 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active DC games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersPrice vs EV — DC field
200 games · break-even highlightedNo other active DC games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
5X The Cash (#1538): prizes, value and pace
As of October 26, 2026, 1 of the 7 $1,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 13,498 of 154,012 prizes (9%) remain; the thinnest level is $100, with 3% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.5 on average (0.50 per dollar), which ranks 14 of 17 $1 games on sale in District of Columbia, below the $1 median of 0.58. Among every District of Columbia game with a computable value it is 158 of 167; nationally it sits in the 3th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
No claims were recorded on the reported prize levels over the last 30 days.
District of Columbia also sells another issue of 5X The Cash: game #1611. Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the District of Columbia lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a DC game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.